Corner-post fastening.



A. WOLF &' A. GOVERiIALE.

' CORNER POST FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1912.

' 1,048,256. Patented Dec.24,'1912.

UNiTED STATES A E T oF IoE- AARON WOLF AND ANTONI GOVERNALE, on NEW YORK,- N. Y., ASS'IGNORS TO Mnrmn- LIC FLEXIBLE HOSE COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CORNER-POST FASTENING.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be' it known that we, AARON, WOLF and AiNTONI GovnRNALn, both citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of the city of New York,'borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York,

4 scription'.

iments in corner post fastenings capable of I I general use in metal structures but more.

This invention relates to certain improveparticularly adapted for usein'inetal bedsteads. Ithas been proposed to connect the corner post to the side rail of the bedstead by stamped metal parts, by reason of their greater strength and servioeability than the ordinary cast metal parts commonly 'em-. ployed, and the main objects which we seek to accomplishb our invention are to so formthe'se meta parts as to provide a substantially smooth fiat joint at the end of the side rail, and to substantially conceal the connecting part carried by the side rail so that the general outward appearance of the corner post fastening will be that of a side rail extending directlykto thepost and directly connected thereto. Our improved construction may embody certain of the features disclosed inour prior application, Se-

rial No. 7 03,004, filed June 11, 1912, but the main novel feature of the present construction involves the supporting of the side rail with its outer surfaces substantially flush and smooth with the outer surfaces of the connecting part carried by the post instead of projecting into said connecting part.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure l-is a top plan view of a. device constructed in accordance with our invention, the corner post and side rail being shown partly in cros section and partly in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the two members constituting the fastening "and shown in assembled relationship; Fig.

3'is a. face view of the post on a somewhat .smaller scale and showing one of the'members in section; Fig. 1 is a transverse sec- Application filed August a, 1912. Serial No; 712,883.

tion substantial] ing member adapted to be secured to the side rail; Fig. 6 is-an end view of themember shown in Fig-5, a portion thereof, being Specification ot'Letters Patent. P tented Dec. 24,1912".

on the line H (if Fig. 1; F1g. 5 1s a s1 e elevation of the connect broken away; Fig. 7 is a" plan view of the.

blank from which the corner p'ost member is formed, and Fig.8 is a. plan view of the blank from which the side rail member is formed. 1 I

Our improved corner post fastening in its preferred embodiment, includes two men!- bers 10 and. 11, the former being adapted to be rigidly secured to a: corner post 12, and the latter to a side'rail 13. The member-10 18 preferably substantially tubular in form and provided with substantially flat, horizontal top and bottom walls 14.and 15, and

substantially fiat, ertical side walls 16, and '17. The member is formed from a blank,

as shown in'Fig. 7, and one side wall 16, at

its ,lower-edge, is rigidlysecured to the bot-' tom wall 15 In any suitable manner, but preferably by two 1ugs'18 on the edge thereof adapted to extend through apertures 19 in the bottom wall 15. After being extended through these apertures, the lugsmay be swaged or riveted over, as indicated 4; The tubular member may -besecured to the post in any suitablem'anne'r but prefer ably by substantially the same means as Is shown in our prior application above referred to. This means Includes two extensions 20 at one end of the top and bottom walls which are adapted to be inserted through horizontal slots in the corner posts.

These extensions are perforated so that a. v

wedge 21 inside of the post may be driven lengthwise through the perforations and draw the side walls 16 and '17 intorigid engagement with the post. By securing the tubular member 10 imposition in this manner, there can be no upward or downward tilting of the outer end o'fthe member and there can be no side'wise movement. In other words, the tubular member and the post would be absolutely rigid in respect to 7 each other.

The other member 11 is preferably formed from a blanksubstantially as shown in Fig.

8. This blank is ada ted .to be bent along parallel lines so as to orm' a ,tubular'portion having top and bottom walls 22 and 23 and side walls 24 and 25' at one end. At the other end, the two walls 22 and 24 extend beyond I :VVith the tubular portioniof the inner the walls 23 and 2-5, so as to form a right angle portion. The tubular-portion of the can be no rotary movement of one in respect $10 the other, and due to, the length of engagement of the tubular portions, there can be no tipping or tilting ofthe inner'member in respect to the outer.

memberdisposed withm thetubular portion of. the outer member, the right angular ex:

.tensionof the walls 22 and 2e will project beyond the end of the tubular portion of the outer member.- These extensions are adapted to be rigidly and'perman'ently secured .tothe side rail 13 by suitable rivets or in any other approved manner. 25

c'the outer surface of one.

The side rail comes member 11, so that upon the outside of the flange ofthe side 'railjwill come substantially flush with the outer surface of one wall of'the member 10 in and the outer surface of the other iiange of -outer surface of another wall of the member .10." Thus the member,

the side rail will lie flush or smooth with the 11 will be substantially concealed from view as it will have a Portion lnside of the member 10 and the,

and behind the side remaining portion below be employed rail Any suitablemeans may fondetachably but two'members .10 and 11, .but preferably we provide these 'members with registering apertures 26, through which a circular wedge 27 may be driven. This wedge may draw .serve not only to retain the two members together, but may, at the same time, serve to the inner member inwardly to the proper position so that the angle iron may abut against the end of the member 10. This '.may be easily accomplished by makingthe V For. holding the two posts at.

openings 26 slightly elliptical.

In the ordinary bedstead construction, it.

iscustomary to form the side rail of an angle iron and toposition this angle iron so that the vertical flange is on the outer side and the horizontal flange is on the top as illustrated in the form shown, but in some constructions, particularly where slats are employed,

.tal flange at the lowerside so as to form a support for the said slats. It is, ofcourse, evident that the member 11 may be inserted into the member 10, so as to give the angle 'iron 11 any desired relative position; This may be accomplished by a rotation of the member '11 and by turning the] side rail around end for end.-

' necting bar which may rigidly connecting. theit is vdeslred to have the horizon- .zontally-disposed ber, and a supporting member.. the head or at the foot rigid in respect to each other, it is customary to provide a transverse conalso be in the form of an angle iron. One important feature of our improved member 10 is-that a very simple and convenient means may be prov vided forsaid connecting bar.. wall 16 may have a slot cut therein, as shown in Fig. 7, so as to define a lug 28, which may be bent outwardly as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. This lug may be perforated to facilitate the riveting or bolting of a transverse connecting'bar 29 thereto. By forming the bottom wall 15 slightly wider than the top wall, there is left an outwardlyextending flange which serves not only to permit the proper placing of the openings 19 but also serves as a base flange upon which a portion of the lug 28 rests and thus. additionally supports the latter. By forming the lug 28 as shown, the side wall 16 may be rigidly connected to the bottom wall at each side of the lug and the strain on the lug prevented from opening up the outer tubular member. I

' Our improved construction involving only two main parts, which are easily and cheaply formed from stamped metal, is very economical to manufacture and when formed of the proper gradeof steel, is far stronger and less fragile than cast metal parts. tening may be readily assembled and disassembled without the aid of any special tools.

-During shipment and storage, the two. tubular members of the head may be easily and readily connected to the two tubular members of the foot, by short pieces of angle iron or metal tubes perforated at their ends and inserted in said tubular members. The wedges 27 may be employed for holding these short connecting pieces in place, and

The side The fasthus the liability of loss or misplacement of the wedge is reduced to a minlmum.

Having thus described our invention, we. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentz' 1. In combination, a corner post, a horizontallydisposed thereto,-

, 3..In combination, a corner post, a horitubular member secured a s1de rail in theform ofan angle lron abutting against the end of sald memagainst the end of said mem zontally-disposed tubular member secured thereto, a side rail in the form of an angle,

iron abutting against the end of said member and in alinement therewith, a supporting member secured to said side rail and projecting endwise into said tubular member, and a wedge projecting through said.

supporting member secured to said side rail.

and slidable into said tubular member upon an endwise movement of said side rail, and a separable wedge for preventing their separation.

5. In combination, a corner post, a substantially horizontal tubular member secured thereto, a side rail'in the form of an angle iron having its upper surface substantially flush with the upper surface of said member, and means supported within said member for retaining said side rail in position.

6. In combination, a corner post, a horizontally-disposed tubular member, secured thereto, a side rail in alinement therewith, and a supporting member having a tubular portion projecting into said tubular member and an angular portion rigidly secured to said side rail.

7..In combination, a corner post, a horizontally-disposed tubular member secured thereto, a side rail in alinement therewith, and a supporting member having a tubular portion projecting into said tubular member and a portion rigidly secured to said side rail.

8. In combination, a corner post, a side rail, and means connecting said side rail to said corner post, including a member rigidly secured to said post and having an open end, a supporting-member rigidly secured to said side rail and projecting into said first mentioned member, and a vertically-disposed wedge' extending through the upper portion of said tubular member and into said supporting member and normally preventing the withdrawal ofsaid supporting member. I

9. In combination, a corner post, side rail, a supporting member secured to said side rail and formed from a sheet metal blank, one end of said member being substantially angular in cross-section and the opposite end of said member being substantially tubular and projecting beyond the end of said side rail, and means carried by said post for engaging with and supporting said tubular portion.

10. A corner post fastening, including two members formed of sheet metal bent to substantially tubular form and adapted to telescope with one tubular portion within the other, means for securing one of said members to a corner post, and means for securing the other of said members to a side rail.

11. In combination, a corner post, a horizontally-disposed tubular member secured thereto, a side rail having a tubular member secured thereto, one of said tubular members being adapted to telescope with the other upon a longitudinal movement of the side rail in respect to the corner post, and a pin extending transversely through both tubular members to prevent their separation.

12. In combination, a corner post, a horizontally-d-isposed member secured thereto and having a portion substantially rectangular in cross section, a side rail in the form of an angle iron abutting against the end of said member, and a supporting member secured to said side rail and having a projecting portion substantially rectangular in cross section, and normally disposed inside of the other rectangular portion.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New York, this 23rd day of July, A. D. 1912. p v

AARON IVOLF. ANTONI GOVERNALE:

Witnesses:

G. VALENTINE, C. W. FAIRBANK. 

